Rane’s Mate(42)
Rane turned to her, and she gulped. He was scarier right now than the demon. Rane nodded to Logan and then turned back to her and said, “Never do that again, Kirby.”
She frowned as they walked to the stairwell. Very quietly and hesitantly, she said, “I was connected to his mind, through the minions, he was blocking me and when I got the thread it caught me and he was trying to get me to do things. I didn’t, I just kept following the link from the minions. He was going to slam his back against the elevator doors while Faith was on him, so I acted without even thinking. I ran and I lost his train of thought because Logan and I killed the last minions. I don’t know what the demon saw in my mind, I don’t think he saw anything, but based on what I saw in his, I knew I had to help.”
Rane and Kane swore, but Faith nodded and said, “We’re going to have to look into that, I wonder…” She was cut off as the whole hospital started to shake. Faith continued, “Quick, we need to help. There is an earth element here.” Faith cocked her head. “Maybe an earth witch.”
Chapter 11
Two and a half long hours later, Kirby sat in the hospital’s large conference room with twenty werewolves, fifteen military men, Sara, Faith, and another woman who was sobbing in Wrath’s arms. The giant werewolf was gently kissing her forehead and seemed to be whispering calming words.
Two military men, who she guessed were pretty high up, called for quiet, but nothing happened in the room until Kane whistled then said, “Quiet now.” His tone was so deadly she thought some men even stopped breathing.
The general stepped forward, introducing himself, and then started talking. “After tonight you have our full cooperation. We will help on Wednesday, giving you anything you need to find the tunnels and weed them out. I think we need more than fifty soldiers trained.”
Rane cut the general off. “With all due respect, General Beal, fifty is already too many. We need all the wolves to be focusing their energy on fighting demons, not helping train humans. We don’t have enough wolves to go around as it is, and we’re doing things we have never done before. We’re letting our mates help, plus—”
The general cut him off this time. “We need to protect and help in the fight too, today demons and minions killed just under a hundred, and wounded many more. The men you have so far seem to be doing fine.”
Kane growled and took a step toward the general as the general continued. Kirby giggled as the idiot worsened his situation as he gestured to her and Sara.
“If the women over there can fight and win, then I don’t see a problem.” He pointed at Kirby. “I know you’re human. You’re Lieutenant Logan’s sister.” He raised his eyebrow. “And Rane’s wife.”
This time Logan growled too, and Rane seemed to force out, “Tread lightly, General. I shouldn’t have to tell you this as it’s not information you need to know, but the reason these women can do this is because they’re supernatural in some way.”
Kirby sighed as the idiot general then turned to her and said, “What are you? What kind of supernatural?”
Her brother came to her side. Rane lunged at the general, only to be held back by Jamie and Devlin.
Her brother spoke before she could. “With all due respect, sir, that’s not something she has to divulge.”
The general frowned and stepped toward her, which caused Rane to go nuts, and his brothers looked strained holding him.
“I looked into your family file, Lieutenant Logan Brown, and she has had no defense training. How on earth did she come out of this blood bath? She must have an extraordinary supernatural talent.”
Kirby shivered as she looked into the calculating eyes of the general, who stared back at her. She straightened her tired and aching shoulders, so she didn’t feel so small. Rane was let go and came straight to her side.
A pissed off Faith came charging up to the general, pointing at him. “Don’t even think about it! You would be dead before you reached the door. Only the men you brought with you would fight, and I don’t even think they would if you do what you are thinking of.”
The general seemed to debate something and looked at Faith for a couple of seconds before he took a step toward her.
Faith continued. “I will kill you before you take another step.”
This time the general raised an eyebrow at Faith, and his mouth turned to a smirk.
Major Black, who had been sitting quiet in the corner, spoke up. “Sir, I have seen this woman in action. Do not underestimate her. She’s the woman in the reports who saved me.”
Kirby could see the shock and the calculating glance that then came into the general’s eyes. All the werewolves in the room were growling now.